What's inside
What's inside
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Sodium Palmate
CleansingSodium Cocoate
Cleansing
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Badger Oil
Skin Conditioning
Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil
Masking
Sodium Citrate
BufferingMenthol
Masking
Elettaria Cardamomum Seed Oil
Masking
Santalum Album Oil
Masking
Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil
Masking
Piper Nigrum Fruit Oil
Masking
Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Commiphora Myrrha Resin Extract
Skin ConditioningSodium Palmate, Sodium Cocoate, Water, Glycerin, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Badger Oil, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil, Sodium Citrate, Menthol, Elettaria Cardamomum Seed Oil, Santalum Album Oil, Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil, Piper Nigrum Fruit Oil, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Commiphora Myrrha Resin Extract
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Cleansing
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate
Cleansing
Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter
Emollient
Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil
Emollient
Betaine
Humectant
Brassica Alcohol
Emollient
Behentrimonium Methosulfate
Glycerin
Humectant
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Sodium Isethionate
CleansingGuar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
Skin ConditioningBenzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Chloride
MaskingDehydroacetic Acid
Preservative
Mica
Cosmetic ColorantCI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantCI 77742
Cosmetic ColorantSodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Stearic Acid, Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter, Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil, Betaine, Brassica Alcohol, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Glycerin, Lactic Acid, Sodium Isethionate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Benzyl Alcohol, Water, Sodium Chloride, Dehydroacetic Acid, Mica, CI 77891, CI 77742
Alternatives
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Glycerin (or glycerol) is a compound naturally found in your skin. It's a powerhouse humectant that pulls water into the stratum corneum.
Topically, glycerin does several things at once:
Your skin makes glycerin on its own (mostly from sebaceous oil breakdown) and shuttles it to your outermost layer of skin, or your epidermis, via aquaporin-3.
Aquaporin-3 is a transporter that is essential for normal skin hydration, elasticity, and repair. Interestingly, mice lacking in AQP3 have dry and less elastic skin that can be fully corrected with glycerin.
This ingredient is non-irritating, plays well with almost every ingredient, and works across all skin types. Typical use is anywhere between 3-10% but can go up to 79% in some leave-on products.
Just know very high concentrations (>40%) can feel tacky in low humidity.
Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.
Learn more about GlycerinWater. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.
So why is it so popular? Water most often acts as a solvent - this means that it helps dissolve other ingredients into the formulation.
You'll also recognize water as that liquid we all need to stay alive. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Remember to stay hydrated!
Learn more about Water
